Species that contain: Lutjanus and lunulatus [ 2 ] records

caudalis, Mesoprion Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:537 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, southwestern Pacific. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-5326. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1981:14 [ref. 21549]. •Synonym of Lutjanus lunulatus (Park 1797) -- (Allen & Talbot 1985:50 [ref. 6491], Allen 1985:98 [ref. 6843]). Current status: Synonym of Lutjanus lunulatus (Park 1797). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Habitat: marine.

lunulata, Perca Park [M.] 1797:35, Pl. 6 [The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London v. 3 (art. 9); ref. 17801] Habitat in Sumatræ littore [Bengkulu Province, Sumatra, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1863.11.12.16 (dry, left half skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1974:473 [ref. 31545]. •Valid as Lutjanus lunulatus (Park 1797) -- (Allen & Talbot 1985:50 [ref. 6491], Allen 1985:98 [ref. 6843], Randall 1995:201 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:124 [ref. 23977], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:618 [ref. 25122], Anderson & Allen 2001:2881 [ref. 26099], Allen & Adrim 2003:38 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S108 [ref. 27377], Allen & Erdmann 2012:450 [ref. 31980], Allen et al. 2013:40 [ref. 32521], Psomadakis et al. 2015:245 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2019:154 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:77 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 25 [ref. 38321], Mohanty et al. 2020:1437 [ref. 37820], Psomadakis et al. 2020:451 [ref. 37272], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:240 [ref. 39746], Zajonz et al. 2022:147 [ref. 40522]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus lunulatus (Park 1797). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Socotra (Yemen), Gulf of Oman and Pakistan east to Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu, north to Thailand. Habitat: marine.